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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the author reaches the bar in Dumbo, what is hanging outside the bar in lieu of a sign?
(a) A noose.
(b) A set of prayer flags.
(c) An exposed light bulb.
(d) A barber pole.

2. Part Two: The Golden Vanity is an excerpt of which character's fictional writing?
(a) Alex.
(b) The unnamed narrator.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Natali.

3. What object does the author encounter along his walk that makes him feel as if it is exists "at once in the present and in various pasts" (66)?
(a) A hay bale.
(b) A broom.
(c) A gaslight.
(d) A dog.

4. What event had the narrator and his agent just celebrated with a fancy dinner in Chelsea?
(a) The narrator's next novel had been a hot commodity among the major publishing houses.
(b) The agent's promotion.
(c) The narrator's previous novel had been purchased for movie rights.
(d) The narrator's newest novel has just been completed.

5. Liz tells the author that he will "do the twilight-sedation thing because" (64) he is a what?
(a) A loser.
(b) A trainwreck.
(c) A weakling.
(d) A scaredy cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator chose to use the name Liza to represent Alex due to what reason?

2. In what year of college was Alex enrolled when she met the unnamed narrator?

3. The unnamed narrator recalls the day Alex told him during a walk on Atlantic that which member of her family "had been diagnosed in a late stage" (7)?

4. Once Alex and the unnamed narrator make it to Alex's apartment, they hear through what medium that "the storm would make landfall around 4:00 a.m." (20)?

5. Liza is described by the author as having a tendency to "begin an activity" (62) by taking what action?

(see the answer key)

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